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DVD Decrypter to be removed

24 November 2005 2:48 by Petteri "dRD" Pyyny | 134 comments

DVD Decrypter to be removed Macrovision Corporation recently acquired the intellectual property rights in all versions of DVD Decrypter from its author, Lightning UK!. As the current owner of the intellectual property rights in DVD Decrypter Macrovision has contacted us to inform that "any license granted by Lightning UK! to AfterDawn for the distribution of any version of the Software [DVD Decrypter] is hereby terminated with immediate effect."

Even though the means used to acquire the rights to DVD Decrypter bore probably more resemblance to the common methods of the entertainment industry, we have no reason to object the request made by Macrovision. They do, in any case, own the rights to the software, and are entitled to enforce any policy they see fit.

The DVD Decrypter install package will be removed from our servers by Sunday, November 27th, or as soon as it is technically possible.

After it's development was ceased in June DVD Decrypter has been surpassed by several other software, such as AnyDVD and DVDFab Decrypter. One of the best features in DVD Decrypter was it's image burning engine, which allowed the burned disc to be verified against the image file. Luckily that feature is now available in Lightning UK!'s new software, ImgBurn.

Edit 27th of November, 2005: We have now complied with the request and removed the software from our site.

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    davidl1l (Junior Member) 28 November 2005 12:26 Send private message to this user   
    has anyone downloaded imgburn and is it the same as dvd decrypt or is it better...
    Chetwood (Newbie) 28 November 2005 12:42 Send private message to this user   
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    huge huge ,high profile site ,thats why
    LOL! Doom9 is and has been THE high profile site when it comes to video backup.
    JaguarGod (Senior Member) 28 November 2005 13:00 Send private message to this user   
    @davidl1l,

    I have ImgBurn and it is definatley NOT DVD Decrypter. What it is, is a very good low resource Image Burning Software. It is based on DVD Decrypters burning engine. For now, Decrypter is a great Burning app, but in time, it will not work with all DVD Burners. Therefore, ImgBurn is a good tool to have for free Image Burning since it will still update.

    As far as I know there will not be any type of DVD Reading on the program.
    S2K (Member) 28 November 2005 15:32 Send private message to this user   
    "<I>Under Us copyright law under the DMCA the author of dvd decyrpter would not only have to worry about distribution of css utilties which is illegal in it's self on the internet or otherwise he could also get sued for a patent violation and enroachment by macrovision for stealing any of their patents."</I>

    Patent protection in the UK is the same as the US
    A_Klingon (Moderator) 28 November 2005 19:30 Send private message to this user   
    S2K :
    Quote:
    I just think it is important to seperate the legal issues from issues of equity and fairness.
    Well perhaps, but they're so hopelessly intertwined it's virtually impossible to separate the two.

    And I DO see your analogy between DVDD and 321. The two cases have a lot in common. (DeCSS and MV Patents). It appears (to me) that MV pulled exactly the same stunt on DVDD as they did 321. I guess they figured since they walloped 321, DVDD would be small potatoes.
    Quote:
    I would say you are 90% correct in what you have said on this thread.
    Jumpin' Johanna! 90% (!!) That's a record for me!

    (I must be improving)

    @chesty :

    Thank you for your very thoughtful post above.

    It's both a scary and depressing situation when a congressman (and Senator as well???) both tell you what the deplorable situation IS, yet seem resigned that nothing will change for the better. (They didn't give you any cause for hope).

    Gawd! You guys in the US have it rough!!! (We all do really). Sooner or later, whatever happens in the USA winds it's way here into Canada as well. Not that it matters that much, because our own government is corrupt. (Just tonight, our Liberal Prime Minister was voted out of a job for "corruption and organized crime"). All opposition parties (3 of them) voted that our present government has lost the "moral authority" to govern any further. We are now forced into another election.

    Do you have any such remedy in the US? (With all of the political buy-offs, I sort-of doubt it). :-|
    davidl1l (Junior Member) 29 November 2005 7:45 Send private message to this user   
    yea i went to their site and downloaded it.it looks about the same so i unastalled it...lol...
    runner121 (Inactive) 29 November 2005 23:09 Send private message to this user   
    Of course they will send code to deactivate,thats why we diligantly make backups of our registry to "GOOD TIMEZ" :)
    kacevedo (Inactive) 7 December 2005 15:41 Send private message to this user   
    I would like to know if anyone has a copy of the decrypter program?? Please I am in great need.My computer crashed yesterday and i lost it . It is a great program and I have a hard time using any other . Please get back to me thanks again . Acevedo777@msn.com


    Thank all
    karen
    JaguarGod (Senior Member) 7 December 2005 21:13 Send private message to this user   
    @kacevedo,

    You should edit out your e-mail address. It is against forum rules and you are asking for trouble from spammers.

    Try this link:

    http://www.mrbass.org/dvdrip/

    It will be the first software on the page. Also, make sure you save it to a cd or something so that you will have it just in case. You should also take a look at this guide for newer movies:

    http://forum.digital-digest.com/showthread.php?t=56078
    aabbccdd (Inactive) 7 December 2005 23:09 Send private message to this user   
    its also in the guides listed here

    http://bbmayo.home.comcast.net/

    make sur you turn off the automatic updates , everyone

    Antec Overature ATX Quiet Media Case w/ TruePower480Watt/Asus K8V SE/ Seagate160GB Barracuda/ ATI-Radeon-X850 XT Platinum/ 512 PC-3200 DDR400 X 2/AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 512K/5 Fans/Plextor712A Drives/View Sonic VP201b 20.1"LCD,16 MS Respone time,1600x1200 res.
    JaguarGod (Senior Member) 8 December 2005 8:12 Send private message to this user   
    @aabbccdd,

    I noticed a strange thing about the updates. It wants to connect to something.microsoft.com (even with auto update off, it still tries to update if I launch the program on XP, since it really relies on Windows settings to stop auto-update). Luckily I have a firewall, so I do not have to worry about the auto updating.

    Also, another thing that may help people out when ripping and burning, just disconnect from the internet. I didn't before, but I do now. Even if you do not do anything, there are still things going on that involves your internet connection, so it is just better to disconnet. I simply turn off my DSL modem when I do something involving a DVD. This is both safer and will reduce the potential of an error (I get lots of stuff blocked by my Firewall during the entire DVD Copying process).
    aabbccdd (Inactive) 8 December 2005 8:41 Send private message to this user   
    your right JaguarGod, we def, dont want DVDD talking to the internet at this point ,so good advice everyone turn off your internet connection when using the program

    Antec Overature ATX Quiet Media Case w/ TruePower480Watt/Asus K8V SE/ Seagate160GB Barracuda/ ATI-Radeon-X850 XT Platinum/ 512 PC-3200 DDR400 X 2/AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 512K/5 Fans/Plextor712A Drives/View Sonic VP201b 20.1"LCD,16 MS Respone time,1600x1200 res.
    nonoitall (Member) 8 December 2005 10:21 Send private message to this user   
    Before, just out of paranoia, I'd disable my network connection (through which I connect to the 'net) but now I'm glad I did. :)
    shivang (Junior Member) 19 December 2005 17:50 Send private message to this user   
    well weve all seen dvdd (R.I.P) dvdshrink dvdxcopy

    when is it goin 2 be slysoft`s turn.

    r.i.p DVD Decrypter the once ultimate dvd ripper :'(
    PCDAD (Inactive) 20 December 2005 2:06 Send private message to this user   
    My copy of DVDD never trys to access the web i have autoupdates for XP turned off and the check for new updates automaticly is unticked so ive not seen any suspicious behaviour there.........



    RIP DVDD

    Running:AMD Athlon64 +3000,K8V SE Deluxe Mobo,1.5gb DDR400,120gb 7200rpm Barracuda HDD,Gforce6800 GT 256

    This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 20 December 2005 2:08

    davidl1l (Junior Member) 20 December 2005 7:54 Send private message to this user   
    i was useing dvd decyrip and shrink to do amatyville horror and when it got down to 5 files left it started to go up to 115 hours and 45 minutes...it kind of went crazy...also it wants to ask for internet access and im not sure why it does that...
    PCDAD (Inactive) 20 December 2005 12:51 Send private message to this user   
    BIZARRE!!!! weird

    Running:AMD Athlon64 +3000,K8V SE Deluxe Mobo,1.5gb DDR400,120gb 7200rpm Barracuda HDD,Gforce6800 GT 256
    RayHenry (Newbie) 20 December 2005 23:41 Send private message to this user   
    You can get DVD Decrypter from this site.I just tryed it date today is the 21st Dec 2005 http://www.soft32.com/download-DVD_Decrypter-75586-5.html Happy download
    davidl1l (Junior Member) 21 December 2005 8:24 Send private message to this user   
    yea thats what i thought...somethings up...i couldnt do the movie plus it did the same with the another movie.also it said the movie was 7.4 gb and i thought that was the problem.im not sure if that movie was that big.mabe the movie places are putting some extra codes or something to mess you up.i no theres other media to do these bigger movies but i didnt want to spend more money...
    JaguarGod (Senior Member) 21 December 2005 8:38 Send private message to this user   
    @davidl1l,

    This movie has nothing specila on it. I think even DVD Shrink alone can handle this one. Mostl likely there is something wrong with the disc. Either a scratch, dirst, smudge, or bad pressing.
    sdifox (Member) 22 January 2006 19:09 Send private message to this user   
    Quote:
    sdifox
    example,i have a program installed that i bought called ACDSee a pix editor program,they claimed after the program quit working the license was not a good one,i had it blocked with my firewall...as all the programs are on my computer..they had a back door i did not know about.

    somehow they killed the program..i did call them and got it straighten out..but it took a week,they had to give me a new license.

    WORDS OF WISDOM

    People are discovering that when you buy any product that is subject to "activation", you haven't really bought anything.
    Really? acdsee with rootkit... humm, maybe I should look at it more closely. maybe it's another company that needs to be spanked.

    29" Sony from 1990 :)
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    Outlaw 750
    Def Tech BP-2000TL, C/L/R2000, BP-10B
    Panasonic RP-82S
    JVC MD recorder /CD changer
    Technic 60+1 CD Changer
    1100+ DVD
    45+ DVD-A
    aabbccdd (Inactive) 22 January 2006 19:18 Send private message to this user   
    anydvd BLOCKS rootkit

    Antec Overature ATX Quiet Media Case w/ TruePower480Watt/Asus K8V SE/ Seagate160GB Barracuda/ ATI-Radeon-X850 XT Platinum/ 2 Gigs Of Ram/AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 512K/5 Fans/2-Plextor PX-716AL Slot Drives/View Sonic VP201b 20.1"LCD,16 MS Respone time,1600x1200 res.
    RayHenry (Newbie) 22 January 2006 22:53 Send private message to this user   
    HEY---If you still want DVD Decrypter.3.5.4 I have found this site that lets you download it..http://www.soft32.com/download-DVD_Decrypter-75586-5.html So get it while you can....Working with AnyDVD,it will be all you need..and shrink......
    aabbccdd (Inactive) 22 January 2006 23:04 Send private message to this user   
    Ray you can download the program from a number of guides in here we have and if your using AnyDVD with DVD Decrypter set it up this way

    To use DVD Decrypter in conjunction with AnyDVD as stated per Olli ->OF SLYSOFT AND CloneDVD

    Proceed to the DVD Decrypter Opening Page - Tools - Settings

    I/O Tab - Click on "Elby CDIO-Elaborate Bytes"

    General Tab - un-check "Check For Structure Protection"

    Antec Overature ATX Quiet Media Case w/ TruePower480Watt/Asus K8V SE/ Seagate160GB Barracuda/ ATI-Radeon-X850 XT Platinum/ 2 Gigs Of Ram/AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 512K/5 Fans/2-Plextor PX-716AL Slot Drives/View Sonic VP201b 20.1"LCD,16 MS Respone time,1600x1200 res.
    RayHenry (Newbie) 23 January 2006 1:24 Send private message to this user   
    Thank you for your advice....It was good of you to pass on your welcome help and experience.....Young RayHenry
    osi_p (Newbie) 4 October 2006 1:37 Send private message to this user   
    hi guys if u like i still got a copy of the DVD Decrypter 3.5.4.0 I believe that we all have the damm right to decrypt dvd's so if u like send me a Email on osi@gotalk.net.au and i'll send u the dvd decrypter
    regards osi
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